On February 10th, 2009 at 2:27PM Pacific Time, OGPlanet, the operator of Albatross18, the North American Version of the massively player online game “PangYa”, announced their commenced date of shutdown for the servers of the game. As recession and financial crises grew, who knows what really caused them to shut down. However, it’s best we let this go. People of this earth who play Pangya (except for those with a licensed version of PangYa that’s not in the United States) will remember the good times that had come and went by through the server. Let’s reminisce through the good times, shall we?
During Season 1, America met PangYa, an online golf game with cute female characters and awesome guy characters. Remember meeting Scout or Hana the first time you logged in? Ah, that was great. It felt like you were ready, right? Hey, remember the updates? OGPlanet (known as GameFactory back then) made the updates look so much fun, you wouldn’t be able to stay in your seat until the update was 100% downloaded into the system? Those banners were good, weren’t they? They had the movie-style posters, that Uncle Bob one during his official release, and all that other good stuff? Ah, those were very glorious times, weren’t they?
Then Season 2 came, the crowd cheered with excitement to see many new features and new stuff that flew to them! Not only was the system interface changed a few times, but there were so many other things that gave all players a smile on their face! There was the sudden boom in players! Papel Shop came out and people got more addicted to that rather than the lottery (because it uses the virtual currency: Pang! :3 Yay pang!) There were so many events at that time too! Arin, many other caddies… wow, it was better than awesome… IT WUZ UB3R PWN4G3 & T3H AWSOM:3 xD WEWwT!!!11!OneOneELeVEn!1!!!!
… ahem… then came Season 3, the most anticipated version! There are so many features that Season 3 came with, as well as that new course and that guy who often got gender-confused (Kaz LMFAO). There was that new mode that let people do what they wanted: Sell stuff and walk around! There were so many new courses, items, Mr. eCard, and all that other good stuff! (BTW: Mr. eCards… their chances were getting less. I knew it!) There were a couple of events then. Of course, by the end of the year, everyone wanted to see what Albatross18 would do for Season 4… or so they did.
Under no circumstance does OGPlanet want to make a player really upset, but “when the getting gets tough… like a level 1000 monster vs. a level 676 paladin… it’s best you return home before it’s just over.” Nobody said Albatross18 would live forever, just like (mortal) human life. We all have to let go. It’s just the way it is. I mean, read paragraphs 2, 3, and 3/4 of 4; we had good times, right? It’s not like “Oh what a waste of time, the piece of crap.” Everyone had so much fun, no wonder everyone played!
You had fun, right?
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Open Letter to OGPlanet / GameMasters of Albatross18, current and past:
Dear OGPlanet, its staff members, administrators, developers, and everyone who made Albatross18 Possible:
Me & everyone who reads this entire message want to thank you for every single second of effort put into this game. It’s been filled with many wonderful years, unforgettable moments, and priceless joys! It is quite a bit sad to say bye to this game, since tons of people, alongside with me, have enjoyed this game that it’s a place that really escapes the realities of golf and other games that are repeated “RPG” stuff. I think I can speak for everyone who supported and enjoyed this game that there is a minimum of 5 memorable moments that happened because of your countless efforts! Everyone in the server enjoys being there, anyone who leave the server wants to come back (and yet, they do!)
I cannot decide whether or not Albatross18 stays, and I cannot force any of you to extend its lifetime, but I do not want to say that I'll be instantly upset and shove my anger towards you because of this decision, but simply, I want to say that it’s been the best years of my life (and I think many fans believe that the same way.) However, I look forward to many new things from you and amongst every one of you at OGPlanet and the players of Albatross18, we won’t forget one moment of Albatross18, from start to finish. Thank you so much for providing the pride & joy to many gaming lives and I hope to see many new things come out of the OGPlanet box!
Sincerely,
Alex Tsui, AThepro (Bless) – Guild Owner, Junior D, Scout/Uncle Bob/Cecilia/Hana Owner, fan of Albatross18 & PangYa forever
And if people come and comment on this particular post, please do so on the comments section.
GM & Staff Replies are very welcome!
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UPDATE!!!
NTreev USA, another Game Publishing Company, has agreed to take in Albatross18 to their account and are willing to continue with the game services of Albatross18. Later March 2009, it’s like an “inauguration” to pass the seat of the office of Albatross18. So let’s not discriminate or flame the new management. It’s probably better than losing it forever. However, let’s continually praise OGPlanet for their years of excellent work on Albatross18 and let’s count on a new holder to excite us once again.
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